The epic climax of Activision and Treyarch’s Call of Duty®:
Black Ops II Downloadable Content (DLC) Season Pass culminates
with Apocalypse. Available first on the Xbox Live® online
entertainment network from Microsoft on August 27, the game’s
fourth and final DLC Pack delivers four thrilling and diverse
multiplayer maps, and the all-new wildly creative Zombies
experience - “Origins”.
With Apocalypse, Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly
owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI), and its
award-winning studio Treyarch have partnered with award-winning
Warner Bros. Records rock band, Avenged Sevenfold, who contribute
the song, “Shepherd of Fire” from their upcoming album, “Hail to
the King,” to the Zombies experience, which will be featured in the
intro cinematic video for “Origins.” Along with Avenged Sevenfold,
famed comics illustrator and painter, Alex Ross, has also lent his
talent to “Origins,” providing original art that features the
original Zombies heroes. One of the most esteemed comic book
artists of all time, Ross is most famous for his work with DC and
Marvel Comics, and has won many notable awards for his artistic
design.
“Apocalypse is Treyarch’s grand finale to Call of
Duty: Black Ops II,” said Treyarch Studio Head, Mark Lamia. “It
is the perfect culmination of our efforts, and fan feedback, with
two all-new multiplayer maps for players to experience for the
first time, and two fully reimagined fan-favorite multiplayer maps
from past games – and Origins, our most epic Zombies
experience to date. Apocalypse is a DLC pack that our fans
will never forget.”
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Apocalypse delivers four
diverse multiplayer maps:
- Pod: A failed utopian community
from the 70’s has left stacks of dilapidated residential pods
nestled into an abandoned cliff side in Taiwan. Its residents long
gone, the modernist compound now hosts frenetic combat as players
must run atop the pods, as well as navigate their multi-tiered
interiors for a strategic edge.
- Frost: Fresh snow meets
explosive gunpowder in this snow-capped European city, where the
bridge over a frozen canal separates it into two sides, requiring
players to employ multi-level traversal strategies to outsmart and
ultimately outshoot their enemies.
- Takeoff: Fans of “Stadium” from
the original Call of Duty®: Black Ops First Strike DLC will find
themselves at home on “Takeoff.” Marooned in the middle of the
Pacific Ocean, this remote launch site is all about close-quarters
combat, combining tight corners with open spaces for intense
encounters.
- Dig: An adaptation of the
fan-favorite “Courtyard” from Call of Duty®: World at War, where
two archeological dig sites in Afghanistan become the perfect
playground for combatants eager for hectic, unceasing
confrontations. Treyarch, has retained the spirit of “Courtyard”
with two major chokepoints, a wide open layout and raised
platforms, but has provided fans with a fresh take on the multitude
of paths.
In addition to the four maps, Apocalypse also reveals
Origins, the most horrifying and imaginative Zombies
experience to date. Players will be deployed to Dieselpunk-stylized
World War I-era France where they will encounter the return of the
four original heroes from the very first Zombies map, Tank,
Nikolai, Takeo, and Rictofen, as well as hordes of zombies that
have overrun trenches and fields, as well as the ruins of a
mysterious and ancient location.
Unleashed after the Germans unearthed the mysterious “Element
115,” this next chapter in the Zombies legacy will explore the
saga’s origins as players reunite with an unlikely band of soldiers
that come together to defeat the greatest evil the world has ever
seen, using a period-specific arsenal that includes Wonder Weapons
that harness supernatural powers, a diesel-drone and Mark IV tank,
as well a new perk machine and power-ups – and that’s just the
start. Players will need all the help they can get to succeed in
defeating the undead, as well as evading an unprecedented
1,000-foot tall robot abomination. In this stylized undead
adventure, they’ll need every advantage if they have any hope of
surviving one of Treyarch’s deepest Zombies experiences to
date.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Apocalypse will be available
first, exclusively on Xbox Live for the Xbox 360® games and
entertainment system from Microsoft for 1200 Microsoft Points on
August 27, with other platforms to follow. Players who have already
purchased the Season Pass can download Apocalypse as soon as it
becomes available. Call of Duty: Black Ops II is rated “M”
(Mature – Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language,
Suggestive Themes, Use of Drugs – content suitable for persons ages
17 and older) by the ESRB. More information on Call of Duty:
Black Ops II can be found at
http://www.callofduty.com/blackops2 or on
www.facebook.com/codblackops. Fans can also follow @Treyarch on
Twitter.
About Treyarch
Treyarch is an industry-leading game developer, wholly owned by
Activision Publishing, Inc. whose Call of Duty: Black Ops II
set world-wide launch day records, and whose previous game Call
of Duty: Black Ops set an entertainment launch opening record
upon its release in 2010 and continues to be one of the
best-selling games of all time, according to NPD and GfK
Chart-Track.
About Activision Publishing,
Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision
Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and
distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.
Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, Brazil,
Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy,
Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, South
Korea, mainland China and the region of Taiwan. More information
about Activision and its products can be found on the company’s
website, www.activision.com.
About Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold achieved worldwide success with their platinum
2005 breakthrough City Of Evil, which featured the wildly popular
single "Bat Country." The band quickly became known for their
spectacular live shows and continues to sell out arenas worldwide.
In 2007, their self-titled album Avenged Sevenfold debuted at #1 on
the Billboard Alternative, Hard, and Rock Charts and #4 on the
Billboard Top 200 album chart. It spawned the singles "Almost
Easy," "Afterlife," and "Scream" and has sold over a million units
worldwide. In 2008, the band captured their magnificent stage show
on Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough, a live CD/DVD that
has since been certified platinum. Over the years, Avenged
Sevenfold has built a fanatical fanbase that includes over 14
millions fans on Facebook.
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